Clark, Johnson match up on, off court

Louisville's Earl Clark and Wake Forest's James Johnson are competitors by day, forwards facing off in workouts and attempting to prove their worth to various teams before the June 25 NBA draft. But the two players who took part in a workout for the Kings on Friday have become travel pals by night, enjoying the process together if only because so many front-office types have scheduled it that way. "We looked at each other's schedules and had a lot of workouts together," Johnson said. "We've got a lot more of them together, too, and it's nice to have somebody on the road who you can talk to instead of being in the hotel room by yourself. That kind of gets boring." While there are certainly differences in their games, the 6-foot-9 Clark and 6-7 Johnson both are expected to be taken from midway to late in the first round. Both spent time playing small forward and power forward, and both showed an ability to score from the perimeter th...